Sir Garfield Barwick, Australian barrister, Liberal MP, Attorney-General, and Chief Justice of the High Court. He was the legal adviser to Sir John Kerr during the dismissal of prime minister Gough Whitlam.

Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, AO, OCC, also known as Gary or Garry Sobers, is a former cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974, and is widely considered to be cricket's greatest all-rounder.

Garfield is the strip's title character. He is a lazy, fat Orange Tabby. He also appears to be more anthropomorphic and/or humanoid-like as the series passes by and there are more strips being made. He is usually depicted eating or sleeping. His favorite food is lasagna. Hates Mondays, spiders and raisins. Loves bullying Odie and mailing Nermal to Abu Dhabi. Garfield also hates Nermal but sometimes love her. His girlfriend is Arlene, who does not appear at all in Garfield and Friends, but Garfield and Friends has some episodes and specials of female cats as his love interest from time to.